Observations of deep convective updrafts in tropical convection and their role in the generation of gravity waves

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1185-1199

  Dhaka, S K ^a,b   Takahashi, M ^a   Kawatani, Y ^a   Malik, S ^b   Shibagaki, Y ^c   Fukao, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c OSAKA ELECTRO COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; FORMATION MECHANISM; GRAVITY WAVE; TROPOSPHERE; UPDRAFT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

GADANKI;

EID: 0346758003     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.81.1185     Document Type: Article

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